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| Shannon Watkins |
Nike’s Jordan Brand hires Aflac chief brand and marketing officer Shannon Watkins as global CMO. At Aflac, Watkins helped develop the company’s partnership with ESPN’s “College GameDay,” with a focus on historically Black colleges and universities. Before joining Aflac in 2018, she held several senior marketing positions at the Coca-Cola Company, PepsiAmericas and ConAgra. “We need innovative leadership, someone who can lead us into the future by pushing creativity, championing diversity, and bringing our purpose to life,” Jordan Brand president Craig Williams told Sportico. “Shannon’s experience across multiple industries and business sectors will do just that.”
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| Brittany Richter |
NP Digital brings on Brittany Richter as COO. Richter most recently served as chief of business strategy and transformation at Dentsu Media. She was previously chief solutions officer at iProspect, which is part of Dentsu. In her new position, Richter will lead operations for NP Digital across all facets of product and service offerings, as well as employee management. “Brittany is passionate and skilled redefining operations talent and deriving value beyond cost,” said NP Digital chief executive officer Mike Gullaksen.
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| Jorge Narvaez-Aranjo |
George P. Johnson promotes Jorge Narvaez-Arango to SVP head of creative, EMEA. He was previously VP, executive creative director in GPJ's New York and San Francisco offices, leading the IBM and Salesforce creative teams. As SVP, Narvaez-Arango will be tasked with setting the agency’s creative vision and delivery. “Jorge has long been a creative visionary on some of the world’s most high-profile brand events and we look forward to his leadership of what is already an impressive and seasoned design team," said GPJ chief executive officer Chris Meyer.
SKDK brings on CR Wooters, who was most recently senior director and head of federal affairs at Uber, as a principal in the agency’s public affairs practice.
ICR adds Donna F. Anderson to its governance & shareholder advisory practice as senior advisor. She comes to ICR from T. Rowe Price... Troutman Strategies, a government affairs firm that is a subsidiary of legal firm Troutman Pepper Locke, promotes Neftali Partida and Tom Tilton to principal... Hancock Whitney, a Gulfport, MS-based financial services company, brings on Mary Elizabeth Stringer as director of government affairs, a newly created role.
Ballard Strategy Group names former Burson managing director Mike Waterman as MD. Waterman comes to Ballard from ROKK Solutions... The Herald Group brings on Trace Scruggs and Evan Lukaske as VPs... Travelier, which operates platforms for booking intercity transportation services via buses, trains and ferries in 124 countries, appoints Mario Gavira as CMO. 
Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications brings on Jessica Gail, who served as director of communications for Rep. Eric Swalwell, as senior media lead... Prime Therapeutics appoints Katie Payne as chief external affairs officer, a newly created role. She was previously a senior director at APCO... Thunderly promotes Jason Weaver to director of paid media. 
Ruder Finn hires Brent Mullins as SVP, talent and partnerships. Mullins joins the agency from 160over90, where he was VP, entertainment marketing... Allison Worldwide names Katie Huang Shin global president, technology, effective Nov. 14... Vasion, which provides serverless printing and AI-enabled automation, appoints Cindy White as CMO. 
